Topsy Turvy, Pt. 1 Lyrics

A new musical based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney film The Hunchback of Notre Dame the Musical - Topsy Turvy, Pt. 1 Lyrics

MANHurry, hurrySpill the fish on to the dock

WOMENRaise the maypoleUp at the chapel of Braque

OTHERSHurry, hurryGather the choirs andLight the bonfires andSit on the roofs

ALLHurry, hurryIt's nearly twelve of the clockCome one, come allLeave your looms and milking stoolsCoop the hens and pen the mulesCome one, come allClose the churches and the schoolsIt's the day for breaking rulesCome and join the feast of...

CLOPINFools!Once a year, we throw a party here in townOnce a year, we turn all Paris upside-downEv'ry man's a king and ev'ry king's a clownOnce again it's topsy turvy dayIt's the day the devil in us gets releasedIt's the day we mock the prig and shock the priestEv'rything is topsy turvy at the feast of fools

CROWDTopsy turvy!

CLOPINBeat the drums and blow the trumpets!

CROWDTopsy turvy!

CLOPIN / CROWDJoin the bums and thieves and strumpetsstreaming in from Chartres to Calais

CLOPINScurvy knaves are extra scurvyOn the sixth on Janu-urvy

CLOPIN / PEOPLEAll because it's topsy turvy day!

QUASIMODOOut there with all the colorsAnd the noises and the smells,Brighter, louder than my dreams provide meAnd tomorrow, when I’m back thereWatching from the bellsI will always have this day inside me

CROWDTopsy turvy!

CLOPIN / PEOPLECome one, come all

CLOPINHurry, hurry, here's your chanceSee the mystery and romance

CLOPIN / PEOPLECome one, come all

CLOPINSee the finest girl in FranceMake an entrance to entranceDance la Esmeralda...Dance!

FROLLOLook at that disgusting display.

PHOEBUSYes, sir!

ESMERALDASorry. Wonderful mask!

CLOPINAnd now, ladies and gentlemen, the piece de resistance!Here it is, the moment you've been waiting forHere is is, you know exactly what's in storeNow's the time we laugh until our sides get soreNow's the time we crown the king of fools!You all remember last year's king...So make a face that's horrible and frighteningMake a face that's gruesome as a gargoyle's wingFor the face that's ugliest will be the king of foolsWhy?

CROWDTopsy turvy!

CLOPINUgly folks, forget your shyness

CROWDTopsy turvy!

CLOPINYou could soon be called "your highness"

CROWDPut your foulest features on displayBe the king of topsy turvy day

ESMERALDAHey, you're going to join in the competition, right? Come on, you didn't go to all the trouble of making that great mask for nothing! You get 5 sous if you win!

CROWDTopsy turvy!Topsy turvy!Topsy turvy!

CLOPINLadies and gentlemen, we asked for the ugliest face in Paris, and here he is!Ev'rybody!

CROWDOnce a year we throw a party here in town

CLOPINHail to the king!

CROWDOnce a year we turn all Paris upside-down

CLOPINOh what a king!

CROWDOnce a year the ugliest will wear the crown

CLOPINGirls, give a kiss!

CROWDOnce a year on topsy turvy day

CLOPINWe've never had a king like this!

CLOPIN / CROWDIt's the day we do the things that we deploreOn the other three hundred and sixty-fourOnce a year we love to drop inWhere the beer is never stoppin'For the chance to pop some popinjayAnd pick a king who'll put the "top" inTopsy turvy day!Topsy turvy!Mad and crazy, upsy-daisyTopsy turvy dayHey!